The Cecil Whig., 1887-06-25
Small Efforts: Great Results.

The pains which the faithful teacher
take with pupil OF class seems trlfiing
matter campared with the worth of the
education itself when gained and the i'll
fluence which it may exert on society and
hand down to future generations. Yet all
these far reaching results may be traced
diStmc;ly To the hours of patient aud eaI
nest work by teacher and pupil. Ire
same is true of all labor. The wonderful
growth of Il city is due to the enterprise
of some, to the skill and ingenuity OF
others, to the productive toll of many
The establishment of some noble lnstltu
lion for the benefit of mankind, of which
we are justly proud: might never have
taken place but for the humane feeling
and the intelligent foresight that were
happily united in some one individual,
who never dreamed OF the grand results
which would ensue.
1t is not an uncommon thing for per-
sons to be discouraged at the sight of
glorious achievements. The artist signs
as he gazeS on the work OF fine master,
and fears he can never attain to 1t. The
youth beginning business beholds the
large commercial house into which he en-
ters, with its complicated relations and
vast interests, and despairs of even com
pretending it. The student worshipS at
the shrine of some great poet or phlloso-
pher, and feels intensely and bitterly the
comparative meanness of his own abilities.
The poor victim of temptation, who has
lost his self-res3ect, looks up to the noble
minded citizen, honored and beloved, and
sinks back with hopeless abandonment to
his former degradation. The very sight
of what has been accomplished, instead of
inspiring them to renewed exertlon III
some cases seems to paralyZe them by a
sense of their own distance from it.
Such people (and they are numerous)
need to have truer view of the vital
connection between small efforts and large
results. They need to be raised by SYM
pathy, encouragement and hope, to put
forth their best endeavors, triftlng though
they may imag inc them to be, i'll the full
belief that thus they can and will contrl
butte to their own elevation and the world S
advancement. They may, perhaps, never
equal those upon whom they gaze with
sad and envious eyes, but they VIII as
suredly travel i'll the same direction aud
toward the same goa. lL is OF little con
sequerc. in march whether man 8
near the head or rear of the column, but
1t is all important that his face be turned
III the right way and that his feet talter
cot in the path. There is no ialacy SO
great as that W hich dependency suggests
that because the way Is long, or the road
is hard. or because Others have had to 90
so far, it is not worth while to take the
steps that are possible. ALI the grand re
suits of human achievement have come
simply from each one doing from day to
day what he could. This is all that is de-
manded of any man or women, but this is
demanded of each one. Society has the
right to expect it. His own prosperity
and happiness, no less than that of the
community, are involved i'll it. Every tu-
ture is drawn out OF some past. Mt
what comes to a man, i'll the way of ont
ward advantages, but what issues from
him. in the way OF effort and influence, is
the chief source of his W, flare and useful
ness. He may never see the results of his
efforts; he may never know how much he
has added to the sum of human happiness,
but if he is patiently and steadily tread
ing in his appointed path, and putting
forth his best efforts, no matter how small
he may think them, great and abiding re-
suits must follow, and his influence for
good will never be lost.-Ledger.